i have had the chance to serve in governments, labour governments, under tony blair and gordon brown -- tom: jim murphy giving a very gracious victory speech. i remember speaking to him when he was pondering if he would take on leadership of the labour party. certainly, he felt he could fight back and stand a decent chance of turning their fortunes around. i do not think he could begin to imagine at that point anything like what has happened tonight. it will be interesting to see if he and douglas alexander, what they choose to do with their career. whether they fight in scottish parliamentary elections or take a different path. certainly, they could not have imagined they would end up here. scotland is such a big story. in one sense, it is distracting from the labour-tory battle. >> on thursday, the seventh of may, 2015, i, maureen larkin, do hereby give notice the number of votes recorded for each candidate in the election is as follows. baron, john charles 22,668 votes. [applause] >> callahan, gavinm, labour party 10,186 votes. [applause] >>constandis georgio ukip 8,538. [applause